How To Initiate A Conversation With Strangers: Being Interested Makes You Interesting
You don’t have to make people laugh or tell a great story to be considered interesting. Being a great conversationalist is about letting other people shine. Most people love to talk about themselves. In fact, Harvard’s psychology department discovered that talking about yourself triggers (становится поводом) the same pleasure sensation in the brain as digging into really delicious food. So ask an open-ended (открытый, имеющий много вариантов ответа) question about something that you notice about the other person. If you can give them a sincere (искренний) compliment or give them positive feedback, you’ve made a great start. Besides, if you do all the talking, you’ll likely get tired or run out of (израсходовать запас) things to say.
